Per a discussion on the Mac forum, I am at a loss. I was directed to the tutorial on Entry methods, page 14. It states there that if, in Simple Entry, one overfills a measure, it automatically splits the note so that the extra beats are tied into the next measure. I've been using Finale for 20 years and have never had this behavior. What am I missing? If there is a setting I am missing, please educate me.

Zuill

P.S.: With the mouse I enter a half note then a whole note in a 4/4 bar. According to the tutorial, the whole note should split into 2 tied halves spanning the barline. But that doesn't happen.

P.P.S.: Incomplete documentation strikes again. Since I rarely use QWERTY entry in Simple, and the tutorial failed to specify computer keyboard entry with caret, I would never have thought that the behavior would not be available with the mouse. I generally use MIDI input, but I use mouse for quick fixes. Upon reading of the fix for overfilled measure accidentals not tying across a barline, I thought to test it. Too bad the instructions were incomplete.

I've never heard of that feature, either, but I am still a a Simple Entry novice. It seems useful if you had a long string of syncopation across the barline--it was very fast to enter this:

but otherwise not something I would use. When I see a quarter note tied across the barline I don't think "half note," but rather a quarter tied to a quarter. I guess I could get used to using it, though, so it would speed things up a little.

I wish you could turn on an alert (maybe you can) so when a measure gets over-filled and flows into the next one it would beep. I find it cumbersome to correct the timing when I make an error a few measures back and don't realize it. I usually am copying music in from paper, not composing out of my head, when I use Finale so my eyes are on the original.